Mustard plaster — A mustard plaster is a poultice of mustard seed powder spread inside a protective dressing and applied to the chest or abdomen to stimulate healing. In times past and present, the mixture was spread onto a cloth and applied to the chest or back.… … Wikipedia
blister — I. n. 1. Vesicle, pustule, blain, bleb, blob. 2. Puffy film, bleb, blob, air bubble. 3. Vesicatory, vesicant, blistering plaster, sinapism. II. v. a. Raise blisters on, vesicate. III. v. n. Rise in blisters, form vesicles or blebs … New dictionary of synonyms
Painterwork — accomplishes two things, namely the preservation and the coloration of the material painted. The compounds used for painting, taking the word as meaning a thin protective or decorative coat, are very numerous, including oil paint of many kinds,… … Wikipedia
art conservation and restoration — Maintenance and preservation of works of art, their protection from future damage, deterioration, or neglect, and the repair or renovation of works that have deteriorated or been damaged. Research in art history has relied heavily on 20th and… … Universalium
Vesicatory — Ves i*ca*to*ry (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. v[ e]sicatoire.] (Med.) Tending, or having power, to raise a blister. n. A blistering application or plaster; a vesicant; an epispastic. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Spanish fly — Taxobox name = Spanish Fly image width = 230px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera familia = Meloidae subfamilia = Meloinae tribus = Lyttini genus = Lytta species = L. vesicatoria binomial = Lytta vesicatoria … Wikipedia
Tom van Vollenhoven — Infobox Rugby Union biography playername = Tom van Vollenhoven fullname = Karel Thomas Van Vollenhoven dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1935|4|29|df=yes cityofbirth = Bethlehem, Free State countryofbirth = South Africa dateofdeath = cityofdeath … Wikipedia
Great Fire of Smyrna — Great Fire of Smyrna, 14 September 1922 The Great Fire of Smyrna or the Catastrophe of Smyrna[1][2][3] (Greek: Καταστροφή της Σμύρνης, Turkish … Wikipedia
Building 470 — Building 470, called the “Pilot Plant” or sometimes “Anthrax Tower”, was a notorious seven story steel and brick building at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, USA, used in the small scale production of biological warfare (BW) agents. The… … Wikipedia
childhood disease and disorder — Introduction any illness, impairment, or abnormal condition that affects primarily infants and children i.e., those in the age span that begins with the fetus and extends through adolescence. Childhood is a period typified by change,… … Universalium
photography, history of — Introduction method of recording the image of an object through the action of light, or related radiation, on a light sensitive material. The word, derived from the Greek photos (“light”) and graphein (“to draw”), was first used in the… … Universalium